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保留

bǎo liú

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

保留 (bǎo liú) means "to retain, keep (not discard)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 保留 means

1. to keep
2. to retain
3. to have reservations (about sth)
4. to hold back (from saying sth)
5. to put aside for later

The characters in 保留

• 保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…
• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay

Example sentences

• 请保留我的位置
  Qǐng bǎoliú wǒ de wèizhi
  Please save my place.
• 保留一切权利。
  All rights reserved.
• 保留原状地离开房间。
  Bǎoliú yuánzhuàng de líkāi fángjiān.
  Leave the room as it is.
• 你可以把这个保留给自己。
  Nǐ kěyǐ bǎ zhège bǎoliú gěi zìjǐ.
  You can keep this one for yourself.
• 你能帮我保留这件洋装吗？
  Could you save this dress for me?
• 你可以帮我保留这个座位吗?
  Nǐ kěyǐ bāng wǒ bǎoliú zhège zuòwèi ma?
  Can you save this seat for me?

Words starting with 保留

• 保留价bǎo liú jiàreserve price (in an auction); (economics) reservation price
• 保留区bǎo liú qūreservation (for an ethnic minority)
• 保留剧目bǎo liú jù mùrepertory; repertoire; repertory item

Words containing 保留

• 半保留复制bàn bǎo liú fù zhìsemiconservative replication
• 毫无保留háo wú bǎo liúto hold nothing back; without reservation

Where 保留 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Value, Wealth & Preservation (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǎo liú correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.